of JPnlilicatio3|
IterTlflflA COUNTY AGITATOR fit pnbUilfcd
<- Morning, end-mailed bo'pubaorihert
rotsonftble pricß of' „ . ''-■> . ,
rtW! * janfrfiMj*; j. ■
S', 'a adtaiiM.' it is intended 'its notify every
whe'd the tarm’Tor which ht/ffas paid Shall
idfbylhergtfrM on bbftii
phper, v Thepapec will dbfiijibe stopped
*uf,» {tether rtenittimoe, ;ba reeeivtf U|; B v this,, ar-
no man can be broaghtV.l% debt ,to the
tk’tha ’(MKfal Cbiibty,
teflj S thei'easing ctrOfdition rbhOh
2. (gtotree; ioighhnrhoodln the CphnSyf itissent
JJjW t® ! any subscriber, county
Pj u . but<whoae moetoonvenient posblottioe mity he
Ko adjulhmg GodnT-y ‘ ; , . - ' l’i| .'
[HjhsnraSs SSras, tibl exceeding 6 iinbsip'fiper Incln-
n -H . •• ,: •- -
.>ix 11 ■■ ■ —== g y-r-r !
■ C RVSTAt FOIIS TAIJf,’&[dT , EI..
~ r •• ’• '’‘Diyilt HART, pEopßiritS?
flu nbderaigned to ahhoj.race to his old
friends and to the public ‘generally,'that!jtO has taken
BoßeiSion of'flis oia stand and fitted if tip in good
Jljle, and intends•toitenptttra a Hotel.
Jfo pains will'lw spared 10 nccbmmodateShe traveling
Bnblic. Good stabling and a good hostUpr always on 1
|„d. - Prices tosnit tho times.,, HAHT.
jAS. LfIWREV A St Ft W|JLi««r»,
sri-TIORNBrS A CaUNSKLLORa-AS'iLAW, will
■ A attend the Conrb of Tioga, McKean
Jjaflties. [WelUbteotKeb. r J
l«it 1 1* so » . r ■
/. ' CORKING, N,T:|, .0. '
(iu. A. Jimp, ......... r ., proprietor.
], g,a«its taken, to and froro tfae Depot .charge
r - j \j; pirtEßi, yM 7 ‘
i.iioiysßy and biE 1 at law
Ah WelUboro, Tioga Col, Pa. '1 fifi|ide»oto his
tfin« eicblusf rely totho practice of>l ibij Collections
tHld»; iB '*aT ‘of tho Northern' oouh Vsfcbf Penniyl
■' IJ-'FEI«!fSYIiVAWIA1 J -'FEl«!fSYIiVAWlA JB <j*|jSEi
Cornti* »J ifain Strut andi/fe Actnut, i&iihboro, Pa.
• r ■ j. w. bioony, phoiiri: :t|K. ■
'.’Tbia'popuiar Hotel, baring bean i *-£tted and re
fefthhiid throughout, ts'no* open to ihlpublic is a
-flpjtilai* home. ’ ' .' • ' t ,: .S|r
r * WALTOII i
' B. C. 7 EHUIIYEA, PltOtUtiETOJi.
Gainei, Tioga Comxtyj -R)*. ■■
THIS is aiioW hotel located withit ,epy access o
thVboal fishing and hunting groa' Northern
Pe.’N® pal us will be spared Tor the 1
jf pleasure makers and the traveling j pldjc.
1860. -
SABBE'B ABB TIAIBiAIiJ^BS.
in the rear t>f .the Post Office.! i Eylerythingin
his line will be dona as well and (iwuiptly as it
übe done la the city saloons. Prtpirgtjoos (or re
■ soring dandruff, and beautifying tii-i fe»ir, for sole
htsp. Hair and whiskers,dyed dny c'afcjTi Call and
ns, l7eIlsl)oro, Sepl. 22, 1859. j>: jj ; ; ,
Til£ COBSMHC JOURNAL.
Oesrff« W. Pratt, Editor and Pfflprietor,
T 3 published at Corning, Slenben at One
Doltarnhd Fifty Cents per year, in'ad|inco. The
Jnursal is Republican in politics, and aVircula
tiop reaching into every part of St^fiijdal'Connty.—
Tloio desirous of extending ’their bijsfngjji into tbat
sod the adjoining counties Will find iVaniicellontad
vertising medium. Addresses above. ‘ ■ 'pf|'
WELtSBOfeO *
wßLLgßOKOcenj.yAl’ilS'
1, S..2ABK, - - - - 'r.^OPRIETOR.
(Formerly of ihi United ‘
Hsriog leased this well known and popnlar House,
lolieiu the patronage of the public. 'T@h attentive
sod obliging waiters, together with ■ thc'fPropriotor’a
knowledge of (he business, be hopes to jAKko the stay
«f these who stop with him both. and
sjreeablo. ■' 'IS;:
f Tfeliaboro, May 31, 1860. ‘ jt'
' E. B. BENEDICT,
WOULD inform the public that he.|s fecrmanentl
located in Elklmnd Boro,' Pa., >n
ii prepared.by> thirty dis
nus the ejea and their appendages ecientifi
priieiple#,, and that he can . cure fail* *ba
dreadful disease, called St. Vftn3 r lagca, (Chore
Sintii Viti'.j and 'will attend to «ny oJ i
feline of Physio *nd Surgery* - "• ~!§ .
~ Btkiaad Boro, August 8, 1860. * |*t -
DE2VTISTRY ,{U *fj
, G. N. .
‘DCT’ODLD respectfully «ay to of.
»▼ Wellsboro and vicinity. that opened
'to; often over WRft>HT'3 FLOUR? AffD FEED
StORB, where be will continue to'kinds of
etorkin the line of DENTISTRY.*' ;
j Welliboro, April 30, 1562. r ., |j|
COR N I.N-tSri
WSOLESAIBBRCS AND DtpSS£TOBE.
lECG3 AND MEDICINES, ’ ! | r
MINTS AND OILS, |! ■
WINDOW. QLASS, ■ ■ .
KEBOSIKE. :OIL, ■ -
*i , ' ALCOHOL, 1 if! 171
BOOKS AND STATIONERY,
,< W4at Kbfcloial.by -•,v~ ' ~
■ W. JD. TBRBClli.| '
'fhvatrj Merchants snppUed with tbeisgl articles at
NEW YORK .
Ooraing, Fib. 26,1862. ■ ’ /- < %’■ >
‘ MBS. m. W. SBSAEOAN,
MILLINER^
SBW TOKK AND EhI&JRA, \
JSVITES Mto»ts«»'tfrborM«orf mental „ -■
New Spring CJo|>d%
lobrscicg ortry deserjption.of < ...
-French and Ametisaii H|jUiety,
»kieh tho will -jell »t“»rtft}ESnlß"itnd jcev iSI for CAS If
*ilj,
' Special r |u4AGOinej|(> i v ;
to SIILLINBBS., .flood* -far
. ~ j ;j3 ... •
/ Small j|dv«|&e :
'new cdst/. .. .■
JUoms 2'2 Bleeokar Street; Neif Tork, : i
\ s and IST effeter Street, N.'Y.
. T-!U;i ' -ti
..•r
PM THOOSAKD BOSII«LS !
' -<SNE TfIdDSANI) BOSHELS '
ONE THOUSAND 1
, w -" ';
'.«* wawfflpiyXJASH i': ’ ’ ‘//,->!
; f .wsiqht:
.. by the pond, sack or barrel, ■ J ’ •
: '; /
.. •• Bran lo |
»L aJ ' 1 ' ktt? 1,1 Wright AEaiiej V ne'i Jlscr and
fwdßfare. ’ .-■ .'Vr.
'-■~y k atear Store. ■^ jL'
• - A l * P»ds, delivered' fRSE OF L vd thin
;**. Cotfomios. , - ; gasp. K.tfoßi&Ht.
;*k . EtftWw'i Ranee; ■ ;i ;,. •
. L l|i*sjn* tw*"
7 -i»ki*£f*? to toesc/beoriber; ontheoeHteofChattn
'S i orSelmu totttubrp; leased;-o I<D-
Jijj.. _“ 6r *by glventothaee indebted tojnake Itfffce-
and those having clainA, to; present
Properly aothenticnted for to . s,
ISRAEL eSCSSitiHietifer, •
“wow. Jfty asj mj. • - • :fv ,
THK A(JfTATOH.
acOotcU to tst SBtftenotoit of Vbt &rra of iFrecfcoinaHtr f&eSp*caO of»ffo«n.
WHILB THEIIE SSAIL BE A WtBONS OSTSMh¥bd;
YOB. Yin.
SPUING AND.SUMMER GOODS.
Jerome ; ;. i i-
Haa now bn hand a largaand bxfenslM atock'of
DRY GOODS, ;
HATS 4. CAPS,
BOOTS & SHOES,
GROCERIES,
READY-MADE CLOTHING. :
hardware; GLASSWARE 1
WOODEN WARE, 4c.,
■which i> undoubtedly the largest assortment erer
broughtinto thTa ( cbubty, andwill l bs so'd at price*
that most give bnlire satisfaction. And I would! in
rite . purchasers, generally,to call and examine my
assortmentof ' i • ■ i.-
Bl&ok and Figured Dress Silks, • - i
■Worsted Woods, Merinoes.
Ladies’ Cloth, Opera Flannels,
Long and Square Shawls,
Black and Figured Delaines,
and Cassimeras, 4c., 4c.,
And in fact the best assortment of ,
L ADIE S’ DBS is S GOODS
ever brought into this count;. I have also a large
stock of I
DOMESTIC GOODS,
• CLOTHS & CASSIMERES, , 1
SATINS, TOLL CLOTH,
KENTUCKY JEANS.
Purchasers will find that the place to buy good goods
and at low prices, is at the store of
JEROME SMITH.
Wellsboro,' April 23, 1862.
J. n. SMITH,
HAS removed to the .New Store on
Market Sired, Corning,
First door east of Hungorford’s Bank, and directly
opposite the v
Dickinson House/
where bo is now receiving, and will constantly kfeep
on band a Fall and
COMPLETE ASSORTMENT !
OF FANCY AND STAPLE DRY GOODS.
' BOOTS AND SHOES.
FAMILY GROCERIES; Ac.,
which will be sold, attbe Lowest Price*.for i
Heady Pay Only. j
' He sells good Prints for TOcts.
l2}o. •
Denims...; ; ..12 Jo.
Heavy Sheetings 12jc.
Fine 12J0..
and other goods eqtfclly low.
The citizens of TIOGA COUNTY
VISITING CORNING, '
are cordially invited to ’
Give Elm a Call.
Coining, April 23,1562.
Insurance Agency.
THE Insurance Company of North America have
-appointed the' undersigned an agent for Tioga
"County and vicinity. - r
As the high clisrrhcteraM standing of this Com
pany give the assurance of full protection to owners
of property' against the hazard of fire, I solicit with
confidence a liberal share of the business of the
eonnty. ■ This-Company was Incorporated in 1794.
Its capital is $500,000, and its assets in 1061 as per
statement iat Jan. of that, year was $1254,719 SI.
CHARLES; PCATT .......Secretary.
ARTHUR Q-C0FF1N...... President.
Office of the Company 232 Walnut Street,
■ . Philadelphia,
Win. Bitchier, Central Agent, Hat
risbui-g, P:i.
JOHN W. GCCKNSET,
.Agent for Ting a County, Pa.
April 9, ISB2. - ■■ ■.
BOISE PIKE INSURANCE COMP ANT
NEW. YORK;
' oXipi'r-A.ii’; $i,ooo;oOo.
~ . Home Fire Insurance Company
' ■ iw • ■ ■' <. -
NE W HA VE N, C 0 N-NE CTICU T;
CATP ITAXi, $200,000.
- These Companies bare complied with the State law.
Applications for Inenranee received by
CHARLES L. SIEMENS.
• " ■ Wellsboro Tioga County, Penna.
. Wellsboro, Jan. 15, 18621 1 ’•
War!'War Or tlio Union!
THE undersigned would respectfully inform his
old friends, customers, and the public generally,
that hehas opened a .
CABINET AND; CHAIB SHOP -'i
fan Main-street, opposite H. W. DilrttVWagonShop,
where he intends to keep constantly on hand a gene
ral aacertlheut of v , ■
, oaoin et Were, - s
. rode of theiest materials, and by the best workmen.
! ' Aieo iande.to order, and as Oaeap as canbe
procured elsewhere, accompanied with a Hoarse.
' Alsb Chairs of every variety Hem' the BEST db'Wn
ioii* CHEAPEST,•tof' : ■ ■
Sail Purclia»cr».
- Alio Turning of all hinds done r te order and tfa Suit.
" <7l7s % &ME RTS - .
; ’ The undersigned Saving had many Mjarl
«nde‘, both In Ptaticd and Id thiscoun try,Teels confi
dent that ho cannot be excelled in -either of the above
branch® of further woald rwita-'
‘mend the public t 0.... . ■ : <
".'PMi :4»S s'kns
big workmanship and. pride* b.ofw^nij^aidbg^i*.,
J where/ - JACOB STlpKhlN."
;' ! WiHsbeiti ) -Mafch'39,lB€2. , ‘t ■ - ;
Deatistrr*
Formfirly of Elmirai Wew ¥ork.
respectfullyinform tho citizens of
■' WEL t'SB ‘0 ‘
and subrididiag «<wnlry, that lie linow stopping at
**' • PEWStItANLL, BOtEZ.
where baeap befoundhetwcep thehonraofS o’clock
'A, M-, and,6 o’clock P. tody to perform any op
eriSon pertaining to Kls art with skill, and at lowpri
' ' • * ,■ ' "■*
. EXTBACTINO. done mechanically, andiat tended
wjth very little pain. \ . :■
EsiMiSATioag OP the Teeib, and oonealtatlone
Bredof Charga- •" - . .
I?.= IWdUI work warranted as represented. ' - 1 ■
1 Welhl-ero, April 30, 1802.
TIOGA COUNTY, PA., W
tFrom the AlbanyErenlng Journal.].
"NEVER MIND/'
What's tie use of always Treating, *
’At tbs: trials we shalll find .
Ever (trewn along our,pathway.?; ■
Travel on, and “Never Min dl” 1
TraVebonWard: working,’hoping;
Casino lingering;look,behind.
At thfTtrials once encountered,
Look ahead and “ Ndvor Mind." -
What is pact, is part forever, , ,
, Let all fretting be resigned,
’ It will neVer'help the mnfler,'
Do your besl, and-“ Never Mind.*!
And if those, whomight befriend yon,
"Whom'the ties of Salttreblnd, ■ ■
' Should refuse to do tbelr duty, .
Look to Heaven; and. Never Mind."
Prtendiy wbrds are iflen spoken,
- , When the feelings lire Bnkind, .
Take them for tbelrlrenl valoe, , .
Foss them by, ana *• Never Mind."
' ■ - ■ - 1 '
. . Fate may threaten, fclouds.may lower,_
, ; Enemies maybe combined, . .
If yonr trust id God, is steadfast.
He will help y ou, i “ Never Mind."
. T , , _ i,, ' i i
.Old Robert and his Wife sat alone together
in the evening..., Ruth was rocking herself to
andifro, and weeping. {Her husband sat with
bis bands resting on, cross of hi; staff, and
histwhite head bowed as if be.avy with grief
and thought; ■ both wefe silent; but tfie old
man’s face was stern..
Wild.hurrabs in the streets were heard, and
Robert slightly .Raised his bead.
“ Are they shouting;?” he asked, for his
hearing was imperfect. .
“Yes,” said the disconsolate Ruth. “Every
man.and child- will shdut now. , They little
know what a dreadful thing it is, and how
every sound of cheering' strikes my heart like
a stone 1” And she rocked-and wept.
The door opened, anil Martha, tho married
came in. •' 1
“ What! all alone here?” she cried, the dim
lamplight falling upon her pale, but ani
mated face. . _
, “Yes, child, said Ruth, “nobody .thinks-of
the old folks, .Everybody is opt to see the
.soldiers, and bear the news, and talk about
fighting and war. What are they -hurrahing
for now ?” . -
“Simeon Wilkes has ju;t made a speech,
and offered a hundred dollars to aid the volun
teers. . -
“ Hey 1” said Robert, pricking up hie oars.
“Simeon:Wilkes? Nut the old man, Sim?
eon?”. ;
“Yes, indeed,” replied Martha, dropping
her shawl hack upon the chair she sat in.,—
"He cried like a child, ton, as he talked. lie
acknowledged be had been an old hunker, as
people-called him, and'hoped for peace at any
cost. But the war is forced upon us ; and he
says his eyes are openedj now, and there is no
way hut to sustain the government.”
“ But a hundred dollars—he hasn’t given a
hundred dollars ?” replied Robert, with trem
bling interest. ' . j
“Yes, and.he’ll give a hundred- more .when,
it’s needed. He says he has laughed at our
soldiers always, and called ’em holiday troops,
and said they wouldn’t jfiglit. But now, the
way they bad responded .to the call, and the
way they look and talk, .convinces him they
will fight; and-he feels,.be owes them some
atonement for judging them wrongfully. 1
tell you”—Martha, talked loud. to enable (he
old mon Robert to understand, —“ it would have
dune yon good to have beard him. Nobody got.
cheered as he did.”
The old man laughed quietly, leaning on his
cane.:
“ It is joy over ons lost sheep that was lost,
and is found,” he said. “ S meon has been ft
hard casse, and if, bp’s. melted, 1 consider it
one of the signs of the tiipes.” '
After a pause, ha . continued reverently:.
“ Mother, here, refuses to ftp comforted ; but
for my part, iL bless God that t have .‘lived th
see this day, ~I was-afraid too much peace and
prosperity were making our. .people timid, and
conciliatory even to meanness. The timeshave
been like the sultry feather in summer, .when
there was top much ..warmth and sunshine. —
We needed this thunder-storm to clear, the mor
al atmosphere, .. Mfe’ll.have clear currents,of
thought after this!,. The thickest-minted con
servatives will see' plainly the . 0.l jept of the
Southern rebels, arid the duty of every free
man .of thp Nortb; WVshaH see.-Jie.roes come
out where we thought they were, only worldly?
minded men that loved money and ease, and
boys that cared forbulhing but fun. They are
great times that.rouse .up a .grept nation so,
and open hearts, and, pockets, and fira with pat
iriotism the souls orineri,,wonien, and children.
1 see the hand of Providence in it all; and
formy part 1 rejoice; , though, mnfher.can
think: of nothing t ,ahd nobody , but,, Bpnjie. . 1
1 wish you would iry to comfort her,'Martha,"
• .'“.The way (p do. that is to persuadeißenjie
not ito go,” said the bid with' a sob,—
‘“.He is.oujr youngest and only.jchild nowi—|
ifberenrs enough,others, that I 'would he glad t 0
goinhjapUce. We are old ; our feet are close
■by the;grave.and though' be should- live to
Wme it isn't at all JJkely that we ahull
Jim to see him; ” Tji.e .wild young men, tbt| bad
young men, let. tjh«m ; gd, V 'Bui Reojie is too
good and top dew tjo be sacrificed." '., , , . -
. •• said " old Robert;, gravely, and
woriieyily,,f or . “?* Voice, that,
hp.conid understand' her-even ‘when she spoke
fow.better than fie could. pliers' who talked jopd
to him ; “ Motber.-thera’s no sacrifice tod deair
to bpmadefurour country at supha tiineaS
iHlal"‘ Argreat .evil'tias Ipng.bden growing and
gathering, and threatening tdwallow up this
land and all pur consciences. Now, the nation
«‘|ouseddo make, a stand against, it;nnd hp w,
if ever, it mtw( £d ideetdea whether Ve have a
country worth living, for, pf "whether We shall
go tack, to 'heathenism. whet' slavery
Th, end that is what wp wine ip, if we let
it break up our government,without a struggle,
and prove theopwards it thinks us. But I
addad old mad, withf a glbW orjpy
andgiwtidudeligiitinguphla lackJdyfath
or fought in■.the p)3 Reyoldtion ,'fihr -politiSal
freedom, and conquered. , My s.oh,'God willing.'
shall fight now to preserve what vias' wen'then.;
THU SPIBXT OP ’7B. 1
NajShe ahalUGgbt in h higher and- holier cause
■—«i® cause of moral freedotpipf. humanity, of
religion ; and he,-.too, shall conquer.'' .
lawns spoken like a prophecy; the old man
blitting bis Ciine down forcibly upon" the floor
ss‘!a concluded/ His vehemence nnd'Rath’s
traii.pt-etentedbotb from" perceiving thntnow
another person was inthe-roofo ;aflnelookiog
.yoniig .map, in uniform, listening .with illu
mined features, and raising a hand as a signal
to Martha not to spea'k. .’ ' "
! : , ‘ l (&nd'as for Benjie ieing too good," the did
maik resumed,- lowering : his voice' sfmiewbat,
“hais thekihd that;is.-most needed, and that
Can best affurdtp go. ; He Jta prepared to,: die,
■ant} f 0 die.for his, country .pfill '.be the. noblest
death of all. He'feels; I know by the kind
ling of Tiia eye,tH<mghhd doesn't ‘say Pid'cli
Tfratwlll give hiin Courage snob as v the ifn
rogenerate cannothaso/; It is that which gave
thsold'Puritnn suldiars a boldness end apow
etwhigb struck. bravest cavaliers with
amazement and, dismay! They felt , that they
were in the hartds pf- their ,<3dd. . Beiijie lias
thi sifme great faiths, A soldier,'of all : mfen,
should be a Christian. -Otherwise he -cannot
know how to conqocr orbow to die. This war,
I feel, isa war of-Cbristianity aguinst barba
rism and darkness; and it munt.be made on
oar side a holy war: and for that reason we can
n'otbave'lon many soldiers like Benjie. Moth
er,iris Sinful (oweep over.it. We must have
.theTaith and fortitude of Abraham. Wemust
be ready to.aacri&ce.even the child of our old'
age. And perhaps an , angel will appear to
comfort ns and preserve him."
. Old Ruth saw the Justice of what her hus
band said; and a gleam of resignation and
hope began to cheer her heart and dry her tears."
But the spirit of weeping seemed to leave her
lo go to Benjie. His mother’s sorrow, his fath
er’s praise and faith, and the prospects of par
ting with them soon, quite overcame him. He
went and knelt between them, and took the
hand of each, and-straggled mightily with him
self before he cool'd get hia voice.
vESDAT 310KMKG. JVLY 8, 18®.
“I. am going to do my duty,” he said, at
length. “You musen’t for me, either of
you; but pray fer me. We cannot he parted
long, even if I should full. '■ Givome your bless
ing-’' :
Tears’ trickled down old Robert’s cheeks, ns
his,trembling hand tested on the young man’s
head. He was speechless. But Ruth broke
forthV , !{ ” ’ V ’
“0 Betijatitoa 1 'Benjamin I must you go ? If
it had- been- either of your brothers I could hive
been reconciled to it. You are all- that is left
us—out of six children, the only one at home
- —and I bad hoped yuu-would stay with us du
ring our brief:W>juurn l andlay us in our graves.
But God’s will .be.done. , ; I sea it is_ right, I see
it is, and I WilUnot murmur. God biota yon ,
my child Imy Benjamin!.,my darling 1” ,-
She leaned over and kissed him, convulsively.
This outburst of feeling seemed to relieve her ;
and after that she was composed and patient.
Oid Robert laid both hands on the head of his
son, and in a few high,' earnest words, counseled
and blessed,him.. ~ „ >
The parting may be said fo have taken place
that nigbt,-»lt!»Jugk,Bppjie’-s. company did not
leave until thenelt day. la the Meantime the
whirl of excitement, attending the departure
sustained him, and his. countenance, when his
parents bed a glimpse of it; was firm and cheer
ful, .They, remembered,,him ,wjth that look,
which seemed to them one of good omen.
1 ri Martha|s husband, uni two other sons, mar
ried and living'hear the, old folks, together, with
many of their neighbors, went to Boston to see
the company off and brought back cheering
words from Benjie and the rest. And now the
sympathy of the; wholp'community was turned
■ tohhe fauvi i'S of the .volunteers. .Money was
ountribated in abundance to supply their wants,
friends dropped in to,,spepk words of solace;
■frivolity and ; dj?eussion disappeared ; and the
entire town..«ecmed-to;throb, with one heart and
• think with one,mind.;;, v.r
None received moreaUeution than old Rob
ert,and old Ruth.; They didn’t, know before
that they had so many friends. People,, who
had nevertill now, shown much feeling toward
.anybody* visited the old.qopple nnd.appeared;to
bo full, of, kindness, and enthusiasm. Every
body spoke the praises of. Benjie.cnd Ruth was
Jjeginmg to think, with, her husband, that, bad
as the times were, they brought compensating
blessings. Then came a, letter from Benjie,
.scratched hastily with a pencil, on bis knap;
sack, during.fiU journey, and sent back to glad
den, the hearts bf his patents and many friends.
Then came the 19th of April—the day at Bab
timore—the Lexington of the new struggle fur
liberty—the,.new-.saornfpent of blood sheef by
sons .’of Massachußßeta in' the cause of their
.
It was soon knojrn Ibfit was in one
of the companies! that ,were attacked. . Then
edme a.’report,be.had.fallen 5 that, one who
hijsw him had..seen him .struck down by. the
missilca''.of, the-mob.. • - . • .
It would hardly have - been possible to keep
these.evil tidings.,from, tjje-aged couple ;.and
r not though* best-to attempt any decep-
went,to and tpld
kll lbat wM Enowh, wbat was formed,
jhqjed.jj ’
,' hvjlmj poor .boy,!’’’ woe all 9lo
Ruth couldf say : and she rocked herself to apd
‘fro mUie wildjaeskof grief, h , -' J , ‘.'‘i''
. Odd' .Sobert’ij ftea jgrew| aßhado pjiler/and
hislip3,quiycred,£pd,fhB band ph tlje.crosa of
hia, st{4ff , shook ;' and after a. lopg sileßca he
spoke
‘'God’s will be .done I it'ia a hard
stroke, hut the- Lord' has suffered it. must
not complain. Bunjio wag doinghisduty, and
wljktever biu|' happened.tg him;'Jto 1 yflll be
Massed.. How many parents loose their chil
dren by .negTeot bV fully. on one side or the
other:! They may’well. mourn. But webave
done what Qgd and our consciences approved;
.and, we know thaißenjie wee’ true’ to.,the good
cause; and hialoss will be gain tobim, and. to
ns, and to tbeWn.ntry; for his fall wfll notgo
‘.that be 1 inigjit
( bake fallen iuthefaceof ana vowed foeinstead
.bf 'heipg cot. off.£/•assaMins;Jbqt‘if it,ls so,
I mbst.be.'contented ' m... ,■
“Luke”—that was Martha’* as yon
migf>» know by the tenderccsß end obbcero
with which she spoke hf, fiipi—“Luke snys if
it is so, ha is determined to .go; and fill Benjie’s
place in .the company." ” :
“That ia-for me fo do'l” cried a resonant
Voice, and a stern stalwart smith, who bad
entered while she was speaking, strode forward
into--, the room. “Mother,; father, yon have
beard .the news, I fee. I hopejit isn't so. But
if it is. so help m’e_God,” he said with solemn
emphasis, “I am going to l’ll take my
brother’s place, and avenge my brother's blood."
—?“Yciigeancr Ir tha" liOrd’s Jogiab, said'the
• old man, in a low tremulous voice/’; \ -
- “Yes, hilt he n’seaf human instruments;- and
Who sorting an instrument na n man like me
—the brother of such a brother ? I wanted to
go in bis place., at first. 1 ftra stronger and
. hardier than he. We ,talked jt over privately,
for I didn’t want to alarm my wife, - But be
wasn’t willing. Now I go. It will be
hard for Jenny; bat we mustall learn to make
sacrifices nolw. Here is Edward, be will say I
am hi the right.” ' j ;;
■ Another tall, long|nrmed, bony son
of old Robert, "with a massive forehead.and
flashing eye^—entered. He wentstraight to his
mother, aud took her hand. “It’s no time for
tears,” he said,’gently, hut firmly. If Benjie
is riot in this w orld, he is in beacon, where we
shall meet him, 1 if we live nndjdie as we know
how to.- I’m glad you ore here Josiah, for Ive.
hurried over to say that I’m going to start for
Baltimore to-night. I’m going to know whut
has happened to Benjie. You must look out
for my 1 Wife and children, for I don't know
when I shall come back. Not till the end of
■the-war may be, if Benjie has: left his gun for
mo to carry. 1
~‘; ‘ No, no, NediLl spoke first for that," said
Josiah.
. “Asiur that matter,” said Martha’s husband,
who had entered, placed-Jiimself at her side,
“I think I spoke before either of you ; Martha
will tell you so.”
“My children,” cried old Robert, raising to
bis leet, “hear me. You must leave it to me to
decide who -shall go. Wait a few days.
You can’t get to Baltimore now, Edward. We
shall won hear from Benjie, it he lives.” He
paused a moment, lifting and shaking his staff.
“If,he- is dead—and—if our country calls—
then we will all go —l, too, will shoulder a mus
ket.”
The sons went hpme to their families, serious
and resolved. The spirit which moved them
seemed to inspire the whole community. Ar
rangements wore at once made to organize
other companies, to be filled by the brothers'
and friends; of. those who had; already gone.,
And in the meantime,' news was’ anxiously
looked for.—Nobody knew who had fallen at
Baltimore, or who bad escaped. More hearts
Were la distress tha& vbo will ever know
of. ■ • .
This ■ sketch, no mere fancy of the brain,
though we have taken the painter's privilege of
grouping the figures-, is written to commem
orate the sorrows of the few who suffered ac
tual ' loss ;' the ogdny of the many who feared
-fur tho fete of friends that have survived;-and
the righteous wrath of an Incensed and roused
nation of freemen. , .
At length the raail,routs were re-opened, and
one morning there came a letter. The rumor
of it spread-fust, and the brothers of Martha;
leaving their work. Van to their fathers bouse;
almost as soon as she reached if, with the pra-
ciona missive.
“From Bonjiel from Benjie j” wag echoed
by many Voices, amid subs, and tears, and
laughter that bubbled from glad hearts. Al
though be had been knocked down by the mur
derers in “Bloody Baltimore,” us the terra is
fiittingly branded ou its forehead of" Cain, ho
bad been rescued by his companions, and was
now safe in Washington, thankful ..that be bad
beep, preserved for. bis country’s service,. .
“God be praised 1 .God be praised!” cried
old Both. Now if be fights and fails, 1 shall
not complain. .1 thank the Lord for his mer
cy.—What he now may choose to take from
me, I wiH’obeerfully give.” ‘ ~
“But, while we rejoice,” said the 6!d man,
“.we musb’t forget those who hare been called
to mourn.., Others bare fallen,; though Benjie
has been, preserved. Their death
be atoned tor. And don’t forget boys, that in
case of need, we are all going to shoulder our
muskets."
And' the young men answered, solemnly,
“Airtw."
• .Hoff California was Saved to the Union.
,-mA, California correspondent of the Chicago
Tribune, says the news of Gen. A. Sydney
Johnston's death caused great joy at Sun Fran
cisco, r It will be remembered that fad was in
pommand.uf ,the_latter place when the rebellion
broke cut,, and bad connived with the secess
ionists to deliver brer the forts' at the entrance
of'the'harbori'and to'seize the'6o,ooo stands of
arms which the Ihief Floyd had sent there for
the.purpose. Tlie city was'swarming with.cut
throats and traitofs Johnston hud privately
sent forward hie, resignation to the War De
partment ■ the boor for the consociation of the
treachery had almost'arrived, when the unex
pected adranibf Geßi E. V. Sumner frustrated
the scheme. a .
■®e «M put cm boardtbo California steartfer
at:sea,nnd oo intitnatioaof his coming had
reached the- coast, when he landed. . On; his
arrival' be'vralked up . from the steamer to the
' headquarters bf’tKe Pacific Department, and
inquired furCemmatider Johnston. Haring:
,hhen shown into rthe presence «f; that iqdivid
. ual, he- announced jhinuelf to .the astonished
.traitor as hissuccessor in command, showed
hu : papers, and demanded immediate 1 posses
sion. ' lit half an hour be had control of both
fifths, Wd run Out their guns.dotthleghbtted on
-the laodjside. That same evening, the CO.QOO
standof arms at Benicia were secured, and Cal
ifornia- was sated. -The sagacity .that dia
‘patched General .Sumner secretly was' credit
able' to 0 the I ‘dew"'government. : Biit v for that
CafifortHp would have been lost. ' ;
.“I sep, sir.-tliat you; have teeth, full if;
.gold.’’ ‘‘Oh, yes, 1 married'a rich wife,' rind
ehe.haa'boen throwing her’gold 1 in vof tdeih."
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T * •
EAETH’S MECCA 3,
An Say raid..at the. Anniversary of the Mangold
More than twelve cer furies ago, at Mecca,
in sandy, desert 'Arabia, there arose Mahomet,
a false began to preach a new re
ligion to the Arabians, ofl which the first arti
cle of- faith ; was M: There lis hot One God 'and
Mahomet is' his Prophet.'T
At first it wo*' rejected with- scorn by the
followers' of the ancient religion, Sabaism hr
bflt this did hot discourage faiin;
Confident'that hbhad fonad the key to tbeOe
lestial' Paradise he continued bis preaching
pntil he wos foroetHoieare Mecca to save his
life. • ■ '
| Going into "another city, converts to the Mos
lem faith rallied around him, and ho was-eooH
enabledtd march against (Mecca, of which city
he made himself ruler. |n the the ycarof his
death '632, more than onp hundred thousand
Mussienien ’marched under the banner of the
crescent, and the birth jllace of the prophet
was declared to be a holy city. Hence, through
out the Moslem world Mecca was" regarded'as
the chief shrine to which, jevery year, pilgrima
ges were made by the Mussulmans.
. Thousands'! of years have come and gone
since Mahomet lived, taught and died, and still
in many countries of the Old World the follow
ers of the Moslem faith perform the yearly pil
grimage to Mecca, as their ancestors did in the
days of the prophet. Divine Bevelation and
the progress in'knowledge by civilized nations
have failed to teach them the falseness of their
religion ; and the one great "aim of their ex
istence is, to once at leapt, in their life-tima
worship Allah in the Musldm temples of Mecca
and bow the knee at the call of tlm Muezzin—
’• Coma to prayer^'prayer is better than sleep,"
floats out upon .the night air of their chosen
city. . j
i So we, of the nineteenth century, Lave our
Heccas, but the pilgrimage to them are not
made with the hope of receiving atonement for
sins, but to gratify man’s great desire gf stand
ing in places hallowed by pome association of
the past, and where those have stood whose
names are |. ;
“ Among the few, the Immortal names,
,1 That wore not born to' die.”
' How many turn with jeager footsteps to
Plymouth Rock; where, upon that cold, dreary
morning of December' the! Mayflower 'fended
with her precious freight that was destined to
form the foundation of the' greatest nation off
tlia New World.
They were noble men, those Pilgrim Fathers,
•ml tlianwh they havebeen celled ooidand
stem, they possessed warm Tieartsumi
affections underneath the rough exterior. Their
, life was moulded by the arm to do right ; end
notwithstanding all the privations they were
| called to endure, they never; murmured at the
doings of Him, who had guided them to their
new home.- To-day,, the waives of the ocean
break upon the rugged si|les of Plymouth
Rock, and the spray falls .back in silver Sheets.
The sea bird builds there its home and the
sotting'sun kisses, the ocean as it did when the
pilgrims gazed upon the scene. But where
are the pilgrims scattered uppn New England’s
hills ? for these many years they have been
sleeping that sleep which comes
to us ail. ' “ _ ‘ '
“ Aye, coll it holy ground]
The soil where first they trod!
They leftiinetained what fhere they found
Freedom to worship God."
’ Tlie-Mecca of Mt. Vernon 1 It is well, that
the-great American nation should revere th'n
spotj for it was the Horae of Washington. The
home of that troe' American patriot, who gui
ded theship of Freedom safely throngh the
atermysea of tho Revolution. The traveller wan*
dors through the tangled shrubbery of the gar*
dens or from the broad veranda of the mansion
Iqlrks out upon' the white sails along the-Poto
mac i hut he 'Who wak.ifiasW there comes, not
forth to meet his guest.’ With the death of the
last century, the sad news went forth from Mt.
Vernon ■ all Over the world, Washington is
dead! A-magnificent mausoleum could add no
new lustre; to his name,,fur the noble deeds be
performed:and bis high moral character.render
his tomb, though .a plain,, brick structure, just
as dear as when the monument to his greatness
in the city bearing his nadioj shall have, hton
completed and his ashes laid] therh. The trees
planted ,hy his own hand overshadow bis rest
ing place, and the night;wind i sigh mournfully
through thorn in sorrow.for.tlia lost.
It is,a beautiful tributeto hia-memory that
the belle,toil-, the Bags arelo wered at half-mast,
and the passengers how. the uncovered head in
reverence, while passing: the sacred soil once
wnrnbydhefaet of Washington.
That spot upon the banks of the Clyde,
atUongthehills of. Scotland, where the bravo
Wallace stood j when, he said* “Now’tremble,
tyranny, I come to hurl thee down I" seems yftt
to besurtnunnedby an. Atmosphere of liberty ;
and they, who, from betteath the hand of pow
er, look upon the great republic across the wa
ters, .with a. wistful glance, revere this spot.as
their Mecca of freedom. . ,
glorious eyqn, in its notional dacfir,
is'hallowed asthe earlyTtome of. oratory and
philosophy. The, student of to-day, turns anx
iously to its classic shores, ns; if it were expec
ted the. masterminds, of the ancient wnrl|l,
would.qotpe forth from the d'm, shadowy past,
and again walk upon the earth.' The poet ful
lowa tho winding path up lyrnassus,-and ibid
4ng a seat beside the empty fountof the Muses,
"dreams away the Honrs7as thousands Ipivedora
befoW hW./beneath" the' blue skies of sumiy
' cloudless, ' ' j
The ardent for military glpry, in'the
land of LeoniJas.and Miltiados, wanders over
thesceddsof' their memorable, conflicts, and'in
fancy, engages in the battle's, which, long years
aga/carriett'deSsdlatioti to so many homes.'
"lfe'|ih*ilMo<jher sits' iddwiJ in the Lyoruin at'
: A.ibcjik, : m'th'B scat of.Plntd, and the. orjvtor
mounts' ttie cOck-hewp, steps | of the, PyiiS?io
the"speaker’s stand, Whete Demosthenes de\
claimed. So, through all the years of time, trill
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"Sot as tbs' conqueror comes,
They the true-hearted came,
Not with the roll of stirring drums,
Or the trumpet that epuDds of fame.”